Pre Announcement - Call 2019
Pre Announcement - Call 2019
Pre Announcement - Call 2019
Pre-announcement
o Energy
o Environment
o Health
o Social Sciences and humanities, including gender studies and social
inclusion studies
o ICT
o Biotechnology
The call will require that projects be submitted by a consortium consists of at least
a legal entity from Romania and one from Norway. The Project Promoter shall be a
Romanian eligible research organisation2. The eligible partners could be research
organisation and companies established in Romania or Norway.
The total call budget is EUR 24.687.500. The minimum amount of the grant
assistance to be apply for is EUR 500.000 and maximum amount is EUR
1.200.000 (tbc).
Duration of a project could be up to 36 months with the possibility of 6-9 months
extention, but not exceeding 30th of April 2024.
Conditionalities:
No less than 10% of the total eligible expenditure of the programme shall be
dedicated to projects falling primarily under the key topic “Roma inclusion and
empowerment”.
In the final list of projects receiving funding under the thematic area “Social
Sciences and humanities, including gender studies and social inclusion studies”,
gender studies and social inclusion studies are reflected.
Research projects shall include dedicated action exploring the potential for further
joint applications between partners from Romania and the Donor State(s) to EU
framework programme calls and other international funding sources.
Within the “Energy” thematic area, the project proposal addressing the key
topic Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) shall be prioritized amoung equally
scored proposals.
Tentative Timeline:
The call has one step submission procedure. The proposals, in English language,
must be submitted electronically to the on-line platform www.uefiscdi-
direct.ro (available after launching the call).
Information meetings for potential applicants will take place in the first two weeks
after launching the call.
The second call for Mobility Grants under Fund for Bilateral Relations will be
launch by the end of July 2019, enabling bilateral partnerships between researchers
from Romania and Norway.
Note that this pre-announcement is for information purposes only. It does not
create any obligation for UEFISCDI and DPPs, and the official call
announcement shall prevail.
1
"The key topics under each thematic area available here
2
As defined in the EU Framework for State Aid for research and development and innovation (2014/C198/01)